IndyCar Quotes:
James Hinchcliffe (No. 5)
“St. Pete is like the first day of school, providing that you like school, that is! I love going there. The race is awesome, the track is fun and it’s a place that I’ve always run well at. It’s been nice getting back in the cars to go testing but I think the whole Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team just wants to get back to racing and see what we can do in the Arrow car. It can’t come soon enough.”

James Jakes (No. 7)
“I’m very excited about starting the season in St. Pete this weekend, and really looking forward to driving the No. 7 MediaTech SPM Honda around there. We’ve had a busy few weeks leading up to the race and hopefully everything we’ve learned will benefit us for the Verizon IndyCar Series season opener. We’re looking to start the season strong so that we have a good baseline for 2015.”

Indy Lights Quotes:
Scott Anderson (No. 77)
“It’s going to be very interesting to see how everyone runs at St. Pete. This is one of my favorite street circuits and an awesome event overall. It’s been a long off-season without much seat time, so I’m excited to get on track. I’m especially looking forward to putting together everything we’ve learned in testing and applying it in our first race with the new car.”

RC Enerson (No. 7)
“The St. Pete course is definitely one of my favorite tracks. I have had really good results there in the past and it’s a hometown race for me, which makes it just that much more special to be competing there.”

Jack Harvey (No. 42)
“I’m really looking forward to racing again in St. Pete. It was my first ever race in America and it’s where I earned my first podium. My goal is to remember it as the first win of 2015. We had a very good test leading up to this weekend so I’m confident we can achieve this goal.”

About Schmidt Peterson Motorsports:
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (SPM) was established in 2001 and is owned by former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt and Canadian businessman Ric Peterson. Schmidt was paralyzed (quad) in 2000 after an accident during testing at Walt Disney World Speedway in Orlando, Fla. SPM fields cars in the Verizon IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Lights Series presented by Cooper Tires. SPM is the most successful team in Indy Lights Series history with sixty-five race wins and seven championships. In addition, SPM won the coveted Indy 500 pole position in 2011, and has won four Verizon IndyCar Series races in 2013 and 2014.